Dinah Kneading Dough
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
I have seen full many a sight
Born of day or drawn by night:
Sunlight on a silver stream,
Golden lilies all a-dream,
Lofty mountains, bold and proud,
Veiled beneath the lacelike cloud;
But no lovely sight I know
Equals Dinah kneading dough.
Brown arms buried elbow-deep
Their domestic rhythm keep,
As with steady sweep they go
Through the gently yielding dough.
Maids may vaunt their finer charms--
Naught to me like Dinah's arms;
Girls may draw, or paint, or sew--
I love Dinah kneading dough.
Eyes of jet and teeth of pearl,
Hair, some say, too tight a-curl;
But the dainty maid I deem
Very near perfection's dream.
Swift she works, and only flings
Me a glance--the least of things.
And I wonder, does she know
That my heart is in the dough?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 09, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCDD EEDDFFDD GGBBHHDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 728 |
Words | 136 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
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